Luke's Accident

Yesterday was such a pretty day out so we went in the backyard to play for a little bit. Luke asked if he could climb a tree and after seeing that it was a pretty low tree I told him that would be fine. In my opinion, all boys need to climb trees and this was a safe height. He got up and was having a great time until he fell!!!

After over an hour of screaming I decided to call the doctor to see if I should take him to the ER. They advised me to go ahead and take him in to get him checked out because this was a lot of pain for just a scrape.

I took him in and after the doctors checked him out they told me he needed a cat scan to check his spleen for a possible puncture wound since that area was especially tender to the touch. With a cat scan comes an IV. The first attempt at the IV was unsuccessful, but the second worked. They took him in for XRays & cat scan. Both turned out to be fine and they determined he suffered some bruising and a large scrape on his stomach. Three band aids & three stickers later we were out the door! Thankfully, he did not have any puncture wound to his spleen, just pretty sore from the scrape and fall.

We got home late last night & as promised he was able to sleep on the couch and watch the movie of his choice. He was such a good boy through his traumatic experience at the ER.

Here is his scrape on the second day. It is still pretty sore, but he is perfectly fine and will make a full recovery!

What an experience!